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Blankenship, Glen – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1989
Cites reports pointing to a lack of geographical literacy in the United States. Provides a lesson plan on the identification of countries in the Middle East, utilizing repetitive drill and mnemonic devices. Describes this activity as one way of helping students remember place-name geography facts. (RW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
Download full textBlankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 1994
These lessons, designed for high school classrooms, focus on the country of Germany in teaching the five themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region). The lessons can be used individually via integration into the curriculum or collectively used as a complete stand-alone unit. The lessons are desigend…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
Blankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 2002
This instructional package, consisting of a text and 13 transparencies, is designed for high school classrooms. The five lessons in the instructional package relate to the "Five Themes of Geography" (Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region) as promoted by the National Geographic Society. The lessons are…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Context, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Countries
Blankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 1993
This activity guide contains five lessons. Lesson 1 deals with "Location of Germany on the Earth's Surface" with two activities: (1) "Germany's Location in the World"; and (2) "Germany's Location in Europe." Lesson 2 is on the "Physical and Human Characteristics of Germany" with four activities on: (1)…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Fundamental Concepts
Blankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 1998
This packet contains five lessons related to the five themes of geography: location; place; human-environment interaction; movement; and region. The lessons are designed to support the teaching of courses in world geography, U.S. government/civics, and economics from a comparative U.S./German perspective. Lessons include: (1) "Location of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civics, Cultural Education, Culture
Blankenship, Glen; Tinkler, D. William – 1997
This packet contains three lessons designed for the high school classroom. Lessons include: (1) "The German Worker"; (2) "Government in Germany"; and (3) "Culture and Daily Life in Germany." Student activities focus on comparative economic systems, worker training and apprenticeship programs, structure of government…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civics, Cultural Education, Culture
Blankenship, Glen – 1997
This packet is a primary/elementary instructional package targeted at grades K-3 with interest level extending to adult. The lessons of each topic draw heavily on interpretation of photographs and address the topics of physical and cultural geography, basic needs, community services and community helpers, transportation and communication,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civics, Cultural Education, Culture
